Sophisticated DataWindow works on WPF, Windows Forms, and ASP.Net

As InfoWorld's Paul Krill reported in mid-August, Sybase is beta-testing PowerBuilder 12, which features a rewritten PowerBuilder DataWindow technology that offers native support of Microsoft's WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), Windows Forms, and Web Forms (ASP.Net). I alluded to the new DataWindow briefly when I wrote about Alpha Five V10: "The centerpiece of the system is a data grid with more flexibility than I've seen in any other grid, with the possible exception of the PowerBuilder DataWindow."

I've been waiting until I had some samples that illustrated the power of the DataWindow -- that took a few weeks only because the PowerBuilder folks have been traveling and I haven't had a chance to join the PowerBuilder 12 beta program.